Chapter Seventy-Seven: The First Expedition to Goguryeo (2)

After the national war horses, grain and grass were ready, Yang Guang led Laihu'er and other generals to gather in front of Yang Guang to respectfully ask Yang Guang to give an order to conquer Goguryeo, Yang Guang smiled and waved his hand:

"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, since ancient times, the teacher is famous, and if the name is not right, it will not be good! If I don't come, I will send the world's elite soldiers to conquer him, and he will set foot on his capital, and there will be no chickens and dogs left. "Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info" said, Yang Guang laughed out loud, the ministers of civil and military affairs present all know the truth of the speed of soldiers, you have to beat others mightily, and let others know that you are going to beat him, but because the other party is the emperor, they can slander in their stomachs one by one, and they dare not say a word. And Yang Guang was still silent in the sweet dream of Goguryeo surrendering to him.

In the Goguryeo royal palace, Goguryeo King Gao Yuan convened his ministers to discuss, and Goguryeo's Moli Zhiyuan Taizuo got up and said to Gao Yuan:

"Ahem, ahem! The old minister thought that the soldiers would block, and the water would come to Tutun, this matter should have been done by the old minister, but the old minister was old, so he recommended the son of the minister, Yuan Gai Suwen, to succeed Mo Lizhi, command the army, and be responsible for resisting the Sui Dynasty military disaster, please ask the king for permission! "The Yuan Taizuo family is the second largest family after the royal family in Goguryeo, and the hereditary Mo Lizhi (in Goguryeo language, it means the minister of state and the regent), has vaguely affected the royal power, and his two sons are even more domineering, so Gao Yuan does not want Yuan Taizuo to take over, and secretly supports some ministers who disagree with Yuan Taizuo. Seeing that Gao Yuan was silent, the general Yizhi Wende came out of the class and said:

"The king, the minister thinks that there is no need to worry too much, the minister thinks that the problem I have with the Central Plains, in the words of the Central Plains, is a mountain that cannot tolerate two tigers, and to solve the problem of the Sui Dynasty, it must be hurt to the root! The minister has a plan, he can first send an envoy to the Central Plains, first provoke the Central Plains Yidi, and then 。。。。。。 As he spoke, Etoshi Wende paused. Gao Yuan waved everyone away, and Yizhi Wende whispered in Gao Yuan's ear.

Ten days later, the envoys sent to Goguryeo returned, and they also brought back Goguryeo's envoys and state letters.

"What, the little Goguryeo barbarians dare to do this. Aren't you afraid of my heavenly might? Yang Guang shouted in front of Goguryeo's envoys. Goguryeo's envoy Cui Yixian shouted and looked at Yang Guang.

"Your Majesty, let's calm your anger! Angry and hurtful, the king of our country does not want to come, but he is entangled in state affairs and can't come, I hope the emperor will forgive me. There was a coldness in the words, which made Yang Guang's face drop to the extreme. And the later words made Yang Guang go crazy.

"Your Majesty, although the Central Plains is large, but as far as Wei Chen knows, your country is because of Your Majesty's reckless military force after his accession to the throne, so that the people's livelihood has withered, the people sell their sons and daughters, do not accept loyalty, and kill ministers indiscriminately, so that most of the famous generals are wronged, and they cannot die well, and the ministers respectfully tell Your Majesty, you must know that the original Shengmencius has a word first, the people are the most important, the society is second, and the monarch is light, and Sima Tian Sui Tho said in the Spring and Autumn Period, although the country is big, the belligerent will die, if Your Majesty insists on going his own way, I am afraid that the day of the death of the country is not far away."

"Bump!" A teacup smashed on Cui Yixian's forehead. Blood flowed down Cui Yixian's face.

"Someone! Come on, drag this madman out of me, cut off his head, and sacrifice the banner with his blood! "The wheat iron rod couldn't hold it for a long time, so Cui Yixian lifted it out like a chicken.

"Yang Guang, you tyrant, since ancient times, the two countries are at war, and if you don't kill me, you will kill me, and if you act against the sky, you will be punished by heaven. Yang Guang, ah! With a scream, Cui Yixian's head was sent to Yang Guang.

"I decreed that the whole army would go out to conquer Goguryeo, but there was one rule, we must be kind to those who surrendered to Goguryeo, so as to show that I have a heart for the Celestial Empire." After hearing this, the generals present were crying bitterly in their hearts. 'Fighting a war is meant to kill people, but what if people surrender by fraud?' When we are in front of us, what will we do if those who surrender stab us in the back? But it is the emperor's order, and as a courtier, he can only carry it out.

In the eighth year of the great cause, the general came to Hu'er, Yu Zhongwen led the waterway army of 1.13 million people, known as 2 million people to cross the Liaoshui, at the beginning, the army went smoothly, all the way to the victory of the fast horses in an endless stream, good news continued to come from Liaodong, Goguryeo's army was vulnerable, encountered the army immediately retreated, all the way to the capital of Goguryeo Pyongyang, Liaodong king Gao Yuan sent his minister Eji Wende to Yu Zhongwen's army tent to ask for guilt, And also said that he would immediately lead the civil and military officials and harem concubines to Yang Guang to plead guilty, Yu Zhongwen wrote a report to Yang Guang, Yang Guang was happy, issued an order, and ordered the minister Liu Shilong to be the consolation envoy, fully responsible for the affairs of Goguryeo's propaganda, the entire court was immersed in joy. Only Li Jiancheng was sad in his heart, he knew that he was familiar with history and knew that this was just the afterglow of the sunset, and it wouldn't be long before the bad news would come back. Li Jiancheng guessed correctly, there was news from the front line in Liaodong, and a little eunuch thought it was another good news, so he hurriedly showed it to Yang Guang, but was kicked out of the door directly by Yang Guang.

"Bastard, Yu Zhongwen, this stupid person, actually fell for the tricks of Goguryeo children, and so many people died, I want to break him into thousands of pieces! Come and announce the civil and military visits. None of the eunuchs knew why Yang Guang lost his temper, but they only felt that their good days were coming to an end again. The Manchu Dynasty knew through the war report that the Goguryeo Prime Minister Eulji Wende used treacherous tricks, in the name of Pyongyang's small city and could not accommodate a large army, hoping that Yu Zhongwen would station the army outside the city, and then on the grounds that there were many surrenderers in Kaesong, he hoped that the Sui Dynasty army would retreat to the plain area forty miles away from Pyongyang City, Yu Zhongwen agreed to this request, and the army was stationed in the plain, who knew that Eulji Wende had already built a dam on the upper reaches of the barrage, which was equivalent to the Zhongwen army stationed there and immediately opened the floodgates and released water, and the army camp immediately became a Ze country, Countless people groaned in the water, Yu Zhongwen had just escaped from danger under the protection of his own soldiers, and those cities that had surrendered by fraud immediately mutinied together, annihilating the people left behind by the army, and General Mai Tie Cane died under the knife of the Goguryeo assassins, cutting off the food supply of the Sui Dynasty army, and using guerrilla tactics to attack the Sui army from the interior to Liaodong to reinforce the Sui army Yu Wenshu's troops, to Hu'er to meet the rescue of Yu Zhongwen, and he fought all the way, and finally came to the sea, under the cover of the naval general Zhou Fashang to escape from danger, The 1.13 million army returned to the Central Plains less than 10,000 people, and all the ordnance, grain and grass were lost in Goguryeo, what is even more infuriating is that in order to show off their victory, the Goguryeo people used the corpses of the Sui army to pile up a city wall, called Jingguan, Yang Guang was even more angry after hearing about it, and after returning to Jijun, the seriously injured Lai Hu'er, Yu Zhongwen knelt in front of Yang Guang with Yuwenshu and Zhou Fashang regardless of his own injuries, Yang Guang was very angry.

"Come to Hu'er, Yu Zhongwen, you conquered Liaodong, I originally had high hopes for you, but you hurt your power and humiliated the country, returned defeated, and came back with the face, why didn't you die in Goguryeo! Come back here and disgrace me. Someone came, and in the future, Yu Zhongwen, Yu Wenshu and other three people were pushed out of the palace and beheaded to show the public. When the guards in front of the hall heard Yang Guang's will, they immediately stepped forward and four guards grabbed Laihu'er, Yu Zhongwen and Yuwen Shu and dragged them out.

"Your Majesty, the minister carelessly fell for the treacherous trick of the Goguryeo child, the army was defeated and humiliated the country, and he had no face to come back, but the minister is loyal to His Majesty, and he came back in the hope that His Majesty can give the minister another chance, so that the minister can wave the army of Goguryeo again, and he will be ashamed! Your Majesty. Yu Zhongwen begged for mercy loudly.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to say!" Yu Wenshu shouted loudly.

"Speak!"

"The Liaodong army was defeated, the minister was guilty, and the bigger culprit was Yu Zhongwen, who colluded with Goguryeo spies to cause the defeat of our army!"

"Yuwen Shu! What evidence do you have against the old man, the old man is above board? Never colluded with the Goguryeo people, you spew blood! Yu Zhongwen looked at Yu Wenshu with blood-red eyes.

"Your Majesty, please look! This is a poem written by Goguryeo spy E-ji Wende to Yu Zhongwen. With that, he handed over a piece of paper. Yang Guang saw that this piece of paper read: "Left in Zhongwen"

God studies astronomy,

Poor geography,

The victory is high,

Contentment wishes to stop.

Seeing that there is no rhyme in this poem, if the defeated general is a clever and famous general in the eyes of the Goguryeo people, then he Yang Guang is not a faint king who can't recognize people and make good use of them. Thinking of this, Yang Guang only felt that he had been slapped in the face, and a nameless fire only skewered into his head.

"Yu Zhongwen, what else do you have to say!"

"Your Majesty, the minister has been wronged! At the beginning, the minister once thought that Eulzhi Wende would be placed under house arrest in the army, but Liu Xuanwei resolutely disagreed, so he let the tiger return to the mountain, and the minister definitely did not collude with Goguryeo. Please the emperor to see! ”

"Liu Shilong, is there such a thing?" Yang Guang looked at Liu Shilong with cold eyes, Liu Shilong was not a general, and what Yu Zhongwen said was true, so he stammered a little in reply.

"Minister... Minister..... ”

"Someone! Liu Shilong, Yu Zhongwen, Yu Wenshu, Lai Hu'er and others pushed me out of the palace gate and beheaded the public to set an example! The guards in front of the temple came up and dragged them away.

"Slow!" Pei Ju stepped forward and drank the guards who dragged away to protect Er, Yu Wenshu and Yu Zhongwen.

"Your Majesty, although the three generals of Laihu'er, Yuwenshu and Yu Zhongwen were defeated in Liaodong, the three generals were not afraid of foreign enemies and tried their best to kill the enemy, especially Yuwenshu and Yu Zhongwen, the two old generals, who are almost sixty years old and still serving on the battlefield, and now when they are officially employed, I hope Your Majesty will forgive the three of them."

Yuwenshu's two sons, Yu Wenhua, Yu Wenshi, and his grandson Yuwen Chengdu, also knelt in front of Yang Guang together:

"Please forgive your father!"

"Please be gracious to my father!"

"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to resign from his official position and go to Liaodong as an ordinary soldier to shame his grandfather, and ask His Majesty for mercy!"

Imperial Doctor Pei Yun also stepped forward and said:

"Your Majesty, the ancients had clouds, shame and courage, our dynasty and Goguryeo's Liangzi has already been settled, if you don't pacify Dongyi and kill the general of our army, it will be unfavorable to the army!" Subsequently, a number of ministers interceded for the three generals. The content is mostly to kill the general before destroying the enemy, and even more, it is said that the Liaodong fiasco is because the Goguryeo people are cunning and capricious, but Yang Guang understands in his heart that Mingli is criticizing the Goguryeo people, and in fact, the order to treat the Goguryeo people leniently was given by Yang Guang himself, and Yang Guang also heard the resentment in the minister's heart. He looked at the white hair on Yu Zhongwen and Yuwen Shu's heads, and when he looked at Lai Hu'er, the general who followed him when he pacified Chen Chao, he couldn't bear it in his heart, and waved his hand in annoyance, Pei Ju immediately let the guards leave.

"Okay, for the sake of the three of you being loyal to the court, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime is unforgivable. Come to Hu'er, remove you from the title of Duke of Liao, and fine you for one year, and in the coming year, I will order you to conquer Goguryeo again, and you remember, if you can't win next time, then your head will not be on your neck. ”

"Thank you, Lord Ron!" Come to Hu'er and thank Yang Guang.

"Yuwen Shu, Yu Zhongwen, you have lost your power and humiliated the country, but I have served the court for many years, and you are so old, I will spare you for the death penalty, but remove all your official positions and go home to retire!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!" Yuwenshu also thanked him.

"Minister, Zhongwen, thank Your Majesty for your kindness!" Yu Zhongwen also thanked him. After Yu Zhongwen returned home, he died of illness within a few days, and he kept talking about Liaodong before he died.

"Posthumously seal the wheat iron rod as Chen Guogong, his son is the lord, Zhou Fashang, you have meritorious dispatch, I named you the Marquis of Lianshui, and reward you with 10,000 taels of silver. Little Dongyi, dare to use the bones of our martyrs to pile up the wall, I will not use the blood of your monarchs and ministers to pay tribute to the heroic souls of our soldiers in the future, I swear not to give up! Spread the decree, immediately replenish the food, grass and ordnance, and in the coming year, I will fight again for revenge. The ministers wanted to advise, but when they saw Yang Guang's blood-red eyes, they all lowered their heads silently. The news of the Liaodong fiasco reached the people, and the Central Plains was full of crying. And Li Jiancheng knows that the era of competition is about to begin. Maybe it's time for me to find an opportunity to do something for the Li family and for myself.